i just made a miniture model of this today i made mine out of wood and i would say its pretty hard to make because everything needs to be perfect and considering you would need alot of tools to make it it would be expensive to build if you dont have the tools but it only cost me 5$ to make mine but thats because i had the tools and scrap wood

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I made a tip over trunk last year...all total, wood, paint, hardware....cost around $100. I have very basic carpentry skills (read non-exsistant) and my box worked very well. Make sure to paint the interior black, as well as the platform. Also, I found it was able to hold more weight if I added wheels down the center, and not just on the four corners.....

Considering in his videos they use cardboard boxes, I would say no. It is an easy and cheap prop to build unless you want to make it out of an expensive wood.-Tyler

Cardboard boxes to make a Tip-Over Trunk? That's a recipe for disaster. In the book, he suggests using cardboard for stuff like the Victory Cartons and the Arabian tent Illusion, but when you get to the more advanced constructions like the Curious Cabinet and Who's There, he recommends plywood and pine boards. Although his explanation of the Tip-Over Trunk does not refer to specific building materials, I certainly wouldn't build a platform on casters out of cardboard, and since the method the trunk uses to function relies in part on the weight of the material out of which it is built, I'd pass on cardboard.

i made one (out of wood), it was my FIRST ever illusion built!!
i made it out of MDF wood, (particle wood) and made a very strong base, it has four wheels and it is the HEAVIEST DARN THING IN THE WORLD!
so, when building build ONLY OUT OF LIGHT WEIGHT, BUT STRONG WOOD

i suggest Ply Wood. Make it as light as possible or otherwise you'll have a heck of a time trying to lift it from ground to back of truck.

it is not that hard to make, you just need the tools. (Be Carefull), for example, to make a circular cut for the sides, you'll a speacial saw to do that, also if you wish to place a lovely design around the edges, you'll need a router.,... etc...

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